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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
4
A Covington Kentucky woman runs a small cat farm profitable enough to keep about twenty Angora cats. The high breed animals sell for around $500 per pair and require careful attention, raised on a plan similar to high bred dogs.
A New York Advertiser description details a skating outfit in heavy navy blue melton with silver fox fur trim. It features a princess style with fur outlines on the two front gores, full shoulder capes, a deep fur collar, bishop sleeves with three-inch tucks, and fur at the wrist.
The New York Journal argues women gain economy from three shoe pairs than one. Three pairs last longer, provide more comfort and health, and remain attractive. A pair of stout walking shoes is advised for daily wear, plus a sacred finer pair for dresses and special events.
The South sees a new occupation for women and children in gathering and baling mosses from marshes for shipment to nursery men and forest products buyers in the North and East. Spanish moss, once marketable, must be cured before use in mattresses. Vicksburg forms a nursery company with multiple carloads shipped already.
Warsaw society circles react to a new Ladies' Club rule that bars married women, admitting only spinsters and widows. Noble matrons hope the policy keeps young wives out of mischief while the club offers elegant rooms, readings, lectures, and music as part of its regular entertainments.
The New York Press notes a Western woman finally gaining entry to the Washington press gallery after a long fight over rules for women correspondents. The committee, citing a weak point, relented and granted her access while misnaming her in the Congressional directory as J. W. Ball, Isabel Worrell Balk, hoping the error hides the fact.
A piece praising modern women for domestic skill that rivals past housekeepers. It argues that true housekeeping blends dainty artistry with executive ability, challenging the view that fashionable households belong only to old-fashioned matriarchs.
The piece praises the modern housekeeper as a new woman who combines medicine, high living and social ties. It details meticulous routines from muslin mattress slips to linen bags for collars, dust cloths, and a well stocked work basket. The Herald notes this elite mold as a rising, efficient managerial class.
Lydia E. Smith of Fort Mudge on the Waycross Short Line runs a 20 acre farm solo with one hired man. She harvested 150 bushels of corn and three bales of cotton, sold 30 worth of sugar cane syrup from one acre, and says she shoots hawks and crows with a rifle while riding and farming. She denies bear hunting and says she has not passed sixteen. The piece, from Savannah News, emphasizes her independence and frontier woman image.
Plaids remain a staple with diagonal cuts and bold lines in red blue or green set off by darker textures and fur or velvet accents. Furs provoke strong opinions with seal capes and muffs drawing criticism while wide gauntlet cuffs and military silhouettes contrast puff sleeves and feathers. Elegant Persian-inspired trims appear in select outfits.
Describes trimming techniques for black gowns including turquoise bead work in black gimp, steel and jet passementerie, and velvet side loops. Discusses elder ladies bonnets, fur collars, large plaids, and the effect of contrasting sleeves. Notes changes in corset sizing and the rise of long-wristed gloves and decorative ribbons and carriage robes for infants.
The piece extols Boer women as capable, loyal to land and family, and industrious in business. It recalls travels with Boers in North Bechuanaland, where insistence on wife and children deepened bonds and trust amid treks and frontier life. A wartime incident shows Boers sparing a wounded British soldier who pleaded family ties.
A Wright biography in the Great Commanders series recounts 1861 during a dinner with Seward Chase and Cameron. Scott, aging yet prescient, outlines a three to four year war ending in Union victory but warns that after triumph the federal government must wield its full powers to curb non combatant Fury.
The text touts the stomach as a beneficent gift and warns against abuse. It frames Hostetters Stomach Bitters as the best agent to restore vigor and activity, renewing digestion and appetite. It claims the tonic also overcomes constipation biliousness malaria kidney and rheumatic ailments and nervousness.
Observations from Mr. Roberts at the Cape of Good Hope Observatory suggest Alpha Centauri is a binary star with two suns of nearly equal mass. One sun appears brighter now, but over time one may fade to a dark giant while the other keeps shining, since together the pair weighs about twice Earth's sun.
In earlier days people ignored lasting benefits and settled for short relief, but now it is said Syrup of Figs will permanently cure habitual constipation. Well informed buyers will avoid laxatives that only work briefly and may harm the system.
The Yellow River has shifted its course twenty two miles in the last century and now reaches the sea through a mouth 300 miles from its former one. Floods this century are estimated to have cost China 11,000,000 lives.
Readers are informed of a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure catarrh a constitutional disease. The remedy is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and build up the constitution. Proponents claim numerous testimonials and list Toledo as the origin and 25 cent price for sale.
Cast steel billiard balls have been made and tested at Stockholm. The hollow balls weigh about as much as ivory balls and are finished to a perfect smoothness by a lathe.
The silver output has consistently grown since Nevada mines were found in 1861, reaching 870,485,714 units by 1800.
The piece describes frost filled winds over plains and ponds, the risk of sore throats from open mouths while skating, and how sudden warmth or chill leads to colds. It urges warming the surface to expel the chill and mentions Jacoba Oi) as a remedy reference, implying cures for stiffness and sore throat.
The Reverend James Eastwood a well known Universalist minister and longtime oldest graduate of Tufte College died in Guilford Vermont at his home.
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